Contents

Contents : into the realm of the blue giant -- what is a cetacean -- from land to sea -- the rise of modern whales -- up for air - how whales breather -- slippery cetaceans - moving in the marine environment -- looking and listening beneath the waves -- seeing with sound - echolocation -- strandings - how do they happen -- keeping in touch - how whales communicate -- living together -- wandering whales - why do they migrate -- food and feeding -- new life -- whale enemies - above and below -- whale guide (baleen whales, blue whale, sei whale, Bryde’s whale, Southern Right Whale, humpback whale, minke whale, pygmy right whale) -- toothed whales (southern bottlenose whale, long-finned pilot whale, killer whale or orca, false killer whale, sperm whale, strap-toothed whale) -- dolphin guide (spinner dolphin, common dolphin, striped dolphin, spotted dolphin, Indo-Pacific hump-back dolphin, bottlenose dolphin, dusky dolphin, Hector’s dolphin, melon-headed whale, southern rightwhale dolphin, Risso’s dolphin, Irrawaddy dolphin, pgymy sperm whale) -- whales and people -- porpoises.